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Imran Khan backs off statement that he will make Ahmadi economist his Finance Minister

Pakistan’s cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan last night backtracked over his support for the Ahmadi economist Atif Mian after receiving serious backlash from Islamist Clerics. Since August 15th Mr Khan has been leading a sit-in demonstration against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad. On September 13th while addressing the protest he announced that after coming into power, he would never compromise on merit and have people like Professor Atif Mian as his finance minister rather than appointing a relative like Nawaz Sharif’s Samdhi (daughter’s …

Ahmadiyya in Rabwah living under constant threat to their Lives

Pakistan’s constitution was amended 40 years ago to declare Ahmadis to be non-Muslims. Regarded by orthodox Muslims as heretical, Ahmadis are not allowed to refer to their places of worship as mosques or to publicly quote from the Koran – acts punishable by imprisonment of up to three years. Critics of the anti-Ahmadi laws say they have encouraged violence against the community. Residents of the all-Ahmadi town of Rabwah told BBC Urdu’s Nosheen Abbas of their fears for the future. …

Khalifa of Islam Ahmadiyya visits Irish National Parliament

On 24 September 2014, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad visited the National Parliament of Ireland, the ‘Oireachtas’ at Leinster House in Dublin. Upon arrival, His Holiness was received by the Captain of the Guard in Parliament, Comdt. John Flaherty. Thereafter, His Holiness was received by Sean Barrett, TD, Ceann Comhairle of the Parliament (Speaker) in his official office.

Did World’s Top Muslim Scholars just declare Ahmadiyya to be Muslims

Over 120 Islamic scholars from around the world, many of them leading Muslim voices in countries like Egypt & Saudia Arabia have issued an open letter denouncing Islamic State militants and refuting their religious arguments. The 22-page letter, written in Arabic and heavy with quotes from the Quran and other Islamic sources not only denounces Islamic State militants but unintentionally resolves another key issue in the Muslim World.

Pakistani mob attacks Ahmadiyya Mosque in Okara

In the latest instance of anti-ahmadiyya mob violence sweeping Pakistan a mob of men and school children attacked an Ahmadiyya mosque in Okara, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Police officers present at the scene watched on as the crowd of angry men started hurling stones & bricks at the mosque after their forceful takeover of the Mosque failed.

Ahmadi doctor gunned down in southern Pakistan

Gunmen in southern Pakistan shot dead 50-year-old doctor from Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya Muslim minority at his clinic in the latest attack on one of the country’s most persecuted groups. The assailants stormed Mubashar Ahmad Khosa’s clinic in the city of Mirpur Khas on Monday evening and opened fire on him before fleeing the spot on a motorbike. Zafarullah Dharejo, a senior local police official, added that a third attacker kept watch outside.

Muslims hold blood drive at Capitol Hill to honor 9/11 victims

After the Capitol Hill community observed a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, volunteers went to work in the Rayburn House Office building to facilitate the annual “Muslims for Life” blood drive in the Capitol. The “Muslims for Life” campaign is coordinated by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a movement within Islam. The campaign began in 2011, the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, as an effort to honor those …

Muslims for Life Blood Drives to mark 13th anniversary of 9/11‏

To honor the victims of 9/11 at the upcoming 10th anniversary, the oldest Muslim organization in the United States is holding “Muslims for Life” campaign on Thursday, Sept. 11, from 8am until 2pm  at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. It’s the third year the organization has held the drive. Muslim chapters across the U.S. during that time have held 906 blood drives and collected 33 thousand bags of blood. This nationwide campaign is being held by the Ahmadiyya …

Shahbaz Sharif avoids Ahmadiyya relief camp as flood surge reaches Rabwah

The super flood tormenting central and north-eastern Punjab has reached outskirts of Rabwah after causing widespread devastation & inundating over 1,400 villages. The last flood of this enormity occurring back in 1992. Neighbourhoods that have been worst-hit by the flood include Factory Area, Darul Nusrat, Darul Sadar, Darul Aloom, Darul Shukr, Naseerabad and Ahmad Nagar where almost 600 residential homes have been flooded. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Rabwah has setup a relief camp for flood-stricken people and MKA Rabwah (Majlis Khuddam ul …

American Muslim Youth Group hosts 45th annual retreat

They arrived at Camp Saginaw carrying sleeping bags and blankets, hustled about a soccer field, mounted go-karts – even made s’mores. And just after 1 p.m. Saturday, the scores of boys and men turned east, toward Mecca. “There’s a time for prayer, and there’s a time for play,” said Ahmad Chaudhry, 39, as the Muslim attendees prepared to perform two of five daily prayers beneath a canopy in Oxford, in southwest Chester County. So went the gathering of more than …

Ahmadiyya charity Humanity First opens school for Syrian refugee children

Humanity First a humanitarian organization set up by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community during the Bosnian war has just opened its first school in MAFRAQ, JORDAN, It works as a neutral Humanitarian agency. Currently there are 75 Syrian Refugee children and 25 Jordanian children in the school. Rafiq A. Tschannen Humanity First’s country director for Jordan said: “We are starting this school in Kindergarten level and will carry it on next year with grade one.” “When selecting the children we found that many children that …

Australian students learn about life inside the mosque

PAUDA College students and teachers visited the Ahmadiyya mosque and community centre ‘Bait-ul-Salam’ (House of Peace) in Langwarrin. The 280 students were given a brief presentation on the history and teachings of Islam by Imam Janud, of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Victoria. Over two days, six groups of students visited the mosque and learned the basics of Islam and how Muslims worship there. The tour was arranged by Frankston Interfaith network after a request by Padua College.